BYD may therefore be the first non-Japanese automaker working on an actual bespoke kei car. It currently sells four models in Japan: the Dolphin, the Atto 3, the Seal and the Sealion 7.

Since then, BYD has added two of its best-selling EVs to its lineup in Japan, the Dolphin and Seal, starting at $24,500 (3.63 million yen) and $33,000 (5.28 million yen), respectively.

BYD is building its Japan lineup to challenge market leaders. Toyota’s EV sales dropped 30% compared to the previous year, which doesn’t bode well for the world’s largest automaker by sales ...

Chinese automaker BYD is planning to enter Japan's kei car segment with a fully electric vehicle tailored specifically for the local market, according to multiple reports and company insiders.

BYD became the first-ever Chinese automaker to participate in the Japan Mobility Show in its 47-year history, highlighting Japan's growing interest in electric vehicles.

BYD Japan announced it landed a deal with local governments to use its EVs for disaster prevention relief. On December 4, 10 BYD stores in the region signed agreements to support the community.

BYD's Japanese line-up includes the Seal sedan, which retails for 5.28 million yen for the rear-wheel-drive version and qualifies for a 450,000 yen subsidy.

BYD started serving Japanese customers with rechargeable batteries in 1999, before later providing innovative new energy storage products, solar energy products, pure electric buses, ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On July 21, BYD JAPAN Inc., a branch of BYD Company Limited in Japan, held a brand conference in Tokyo, marking BYD's official entry into the passenger vehicle market in Japan.

China's BYD has set the suggested retail pricing of its Dolphin electric vehicle in Japan at 3.63 million yen ($24,565.20), its website showed on Wednesday.

The Atto 3 teardown in Japan revealed one of the ways BYD manages to keep costs down and pass the savings down to the person who buys the car. It’s all about producing as many of the components ...